Soviet Chess Players Win in New York Matches
The United States chess team prepared for the second round of international matches after the first round’s Soviet grandmasters won 62 to 0. Only Donald Byrne won his adjourned game against Yuri Averbach in 59 moves. Robert Byrne lost to Alexander Kotov. Samuel Reshevsky and Arthur B. Bisguier drew.
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New York
United States
Donald Byrne
Brooklyn
Yuri Auerbach
Byrne
Robert
Alexander Kotov
Samuel Reshevsky
Arthur B. Bisguier
Boys Battle In National Marble Tourney In Akron
Forty one boys from thirty three states begin the Veterans of Foreign Wars national marble tournament in Akron Ohio. Defending champion is Bobby Vigil of Walsenburg Colorado. Players must lose two matches to be eliminated and contests end tomorrow afternoon. Each match pits players against each other with seven marbles knocked from a 10 foot circle to determine the victor.
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Akron
Ohio
Bobby Vigil
Walsenburg
Colo
Auto Crash Victim Dies In Hospital
John Henry Lee aged 34 of 1751 San Juan Sr. died at Tucson Medical Center as Pima County's 24th 1954 traffic fatality after his car struck the cactus garden island at Speedway and Wilmot. The Beaudry Motor Co. area reported the rocky triangle was not seen. His car flew 61 feet, tore a fence, and stopped against a tree. He is survived by wife Louanna and brother Norman.
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John Henry Lee
San Juan Sr
Pima County
Tucson Medical Center
Cactus Garden Island
Speedway and
Wilmot Road
Beaudry Motor Co
Lee
Louanna
Norman
Nations to Discuss Australian Uranium Field Use
Australia plans talks with the United States Canada and Britain over the Rum Jungle uranium field near Darwin. Commission Chairman Jack Stevens will travel from Sydney to London to discuss atomic energy applications to industry and current output going to Britain and the United States.
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Canberra
Australia
Atomic Energy Commission
Sydney
U. S
Commission
Jack Stevens
London
Rum
Darwin
Britain
United States
Soap Box Derby Lubricant Offered Free to Tucson Contestants
Shell Oil Co provides nearly 1000 cans of special lubricant to registered Derby boys in Tucson. Most service stations, the Derby workshop at 219 E Sixth St, and Shell executives will assist during the two night race on July 9 with pit crews and repair kits. A prize package of carpenter tools valued at over $50 sponsors the best constructed car.
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Shell Oil Co
Tucson
Shell
E. Sixth St
Joseph LaBrie
H. R. Nebeker
Bud Parker
Phoenix
Tucson Derby Downs
Bob Nibeker
Bill Morgan
Harold Davis
Tommy Thompson
Oil
Staring at Eclipse Warned Against With Sunglasses
The AMA journal warns that no commercially marketed sunglasses are dense enough for direct sun gaze during the June 30 eclipse. The joint committee of industrial ophthalmology cautions viewers that macular burns and permanent central vision loss can result from brief direct viewing, even with colored or tinted lenses.
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Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Joint Committee of Industrial Ophthalmology
AMA Journal
Origin of the fathom measurement
The fathom was once defined as the distance between the tips of a man’s two outstretched middle fingers and later standardized to six feet.
Polio Cases Rise Across Nation for Week Ended June 12
The U S public health service reports 314 new polio cases in the nation for the week ended June 12, up from 303 a year earlier and above the five year median of 243. The disease year total reaches 3229 cases, vs 3119 last year, with 225 cases reported last week.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
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